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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 29, 2007

Farmers Insurance Studies 2006 Fatal Crash Data, Encourages Safety Belt Use

Using the 2006 fatal crash data released by the United States Department of Transportation just weeks ago, Farmers Insurance has completed a study to determine the most influential factors in drivers' mortality rate in multi-vehicle accidents.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 27, 2007

C.O.P.S. to hold "The Traumas of Law Enforcement" Training Sessions

Concerns of Police Survivors will hold seven regional training sessions about trauma from the job in 2008. The focus of these training sessions is handling line-of-duty death, information on benefits for line-of-duty deaths, the traumatization of law enforcement officers, police suicide, and the issues of the injured officer.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 26, 2007

New Government Web Page Serves the Anti-Terrorism Community

The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) has launched a special Web page featuring key publications from the U.S. Government's national interagency research and development program for combating terrorism.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 21, 2007

Houston Officer May Have Died Cleaning Gun

Authorities believe that a Houston police officer found dead in his home earlier this week may have been the victim of an accidental discharge. The officer was discovered by his family.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 21, 2007

N.J. SWAT Team Disbanded After Taking Photos with Hooters Waitresses

The commander of the Hoboken, N.J., SWAT team has been disciplined and his team dissolved after city officials discovered photos of the team taken at an Alabama Hooters restaurant last year.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 21, 2007

Supreme Court to Consider D.C. Gun Ban Case

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments on whether the District of Columbia's ban on handgun ownership violates the Constitution.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 15, 2007

Former Chief Ramsey New Philadelphia Police Commissioner

Charles H. Ramsey, who served as police chief of the Washington, D.C., Police Department, has been named commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 9, 2007

FBI Dismisses Al-Qaeda Threat Against Shopping Malls

Thursday the FBI circulated a counter-terrorism warning to law enforcement that said Al-Qaeda may be planning attacks on shopping malls in Chicago and Los Angeles during the holiday season. It now says the warning was not backed by specific intelligence.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 9, 2007

Proposed Pa. Law Would Impose Mandatory Sentencing for People Who Shoot at Cops

Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell and House speaker Dennis O'Brien have expressed bi-partisan support for a law that would impose a minimum 20-year sentence on anyone convicted of shooting at a cop, regardless of whether the officer is struck by the bullets. Rendell is a Democrat. O'Brien is a Republican.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 7, 2007

Albuquerque Police to be Tested for Steroids

Concerns that steroid abuse could lead to outbursts of rage by officers have led the Albuquerque Police Department to institute anabolic steroid testing for some officers.

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